Ever since he became a student of the Second floor of the Academy, Ning Que rarely went to the front yard. That was because it was awkward to interact with his former classmates. However, he was in a hurry to report the situation and solve the problem. He also remembered that it was late and the students in the front yard were in class, so he did not go through the side door. Instead, he brought Sangsang to the meadow, passed the stone sign, and entered through the main door.
The rain stopped, and the sun shone brightly. There was the sound of reading coming from one study room, and the sound of debate coming from another study room. The front yard of the Academy was enveloped in a peaceful atmosphere.
At this moment, an old voice came from Classroom Three. "The most basic and primitive is the most important. If you can't even understand a straight line, how can you understand the more difficult three-dimensional composition? What is a straight line? A straight line is an infinite straight line. Let me show you … "
After a while, a female professor wearing a blue gown walked out of Classroom Three with a piece of chalk in her hand. She looked serious and seemed to be drawing a straight line in the air.
There was no end to the straight line. The female professor kept drawing with the chalk in her hand. Her footsteps were slow, calm, and persistent. Soon, she left Classroom Three and walked towards the instructors' lounge at the back of the Academy.
Seeing this, Ning Que was dumbfounded. He patted Sangsang's shoulder and led her to the lounge behind the female professor, forgetting why he had come to the Academy.
In order to visit Prince Long Qing in Chang 'an, Cao Zhifeng, the Associate Professor of Etiquette, used the excuse that the Qi of Heaven and Earth had changed and it was not suitable for classes. At that time, Ning Que felt that the instructors of the Academy were extremely absurd. Today, this female professor who kept walking with a piece of chalk made him even more dumbfounded.
Was it okay to be lazy like this?
The female professor suddenly stopped outside the quiet and secluded bookstore. She put down her hand that had been stretched out in the air and carefully wrapped the chalk in a piece of paper. Then, she stuffed it into her sleeve.
She looked at Ning Que and said, "You're here?"
Ning Que hurriedly bowed and said, "Greetings, professor."
The female professor tidied up her blue gown and said casually, "Yiqing is already blind. Just put him back."
Ning Que knew that the female professor was related to the Sword Garret of South Jin Kingdom.
Since Chao Xiaoshu was still alive and Liu Yiqing was blind, he had already paid the price. Under such circumstances, no matter how arrogant the Academy was, there was no reason for them to continue imprisoning him. If they really wanted to put Liu Bai's brother under house arrest until he was old, did they really think that the Sage of Sword had no temper?
The female professor looked at him and asked, "Is there a problem?"
"No problem." Ning Que said respectfully, "I will go to the back of the mountain to ask the teacher."
The female professor said, "The Headmaster wants me to ask for your opinion. Do you have any questions?"
Ning Que was stunned and said, "I … have no problem."
The female professor smiled, the wrinkles on her face like flowers, and said, "Is it alright?"
Ning Que said seriously, "I will."
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They followed the stone path up the Cloud Gate Array and entered the back of the mountain of the Academy. They walked around the Mirror Lake and looked at the waterfall. Ning Que bowed and said, "Ye Hongyu has come to Chang 'an."
The only response he got was silence, as well as the wind blowing from the valley towards the thatched cottage.
There was someone in the cottage, but no one was willing to talk to him.
The Headmaster of the Academy sat in the cottage, motionless despite the wind blowing around him. His hair and beard fluttered in the wind, and he looked intoxicated, like an immortal. However, what was placed in front of him was not a zither, but a messy dining table.
Eldest Brother and Second Brother sat beside the Headmaster of the Academy.
The news that the Tao Addict had left the West-Hill Divine Palace and come to Chang 'an did not surprise the three people in the cottage at all, let alone shock them.
Ning Que thought in distress, "It seems that this can really solve the problem. However, you think it is a small matter, but for me, it is a big headache."
He coughed twice and said loudly again, "Ahem … she is living in my house now."
Second Brother looked at him coldly and said unhappily, "Can't you see that the teacher is doing something important?"
Ning Que thought to himself, "What important matter could there be in front of a table full of leftovers? It is nothing more than the Headmaster of the Academy bragging about his cooking skills, and you and Eldest Brother are flattering him."
The Headmaster of the Academy waved to the outside of the cottage and said, "The strawberry smoothie is just about to melt. It is the most delicious time. You are lucky, come in and have a bowl."
Ning Que was not in the mood to eat the strawberry smoothie, so he helplessly took Sangsang into the cottage.
Second Brother looked at him and sighed in his heart.
He walked to the table and moved the leftovers aside. Then, he half-knelt down and began to divide the strawberry smoothie in the big porcelain bowl into plates.
The first plate was, of course, dedicated to the great teacher, the second to the great Eldest Brother, and the third to the great Second Brother. There was not much smoothie left in the big porcelain bowl. Ning Que scooped it into a plate and was about to take it aside to eat. Unexpectedly, he heard the Headmaster of the Academy say, "Give it to the girl."
Ning Que was startled and handed the plate of smoothie to Sangsang with a bitter face.
Sangsang smiled embarrassedly and then picked up the bamboo spoon. She scooped a spoonful of smoothie and put it into her mouth. After tasting it carefully for a moment, a happy smile appeared on her slightly tanned face.
Ning Que asked curiously, "Is it really that delicious?"
Sangsang held the plate in one hand and the spoon in the other. She nodded seriously.
Ning Que lowered his voice and said, "Feed me."
Sangsang looked at the Headmaster of the Academy and said with her head down, "This is for me."
Ning Que was annoyed and sneered, "Eat more if it's delicious."
The Headmaster of the Academy was very happy to see Sangsang eating happily. He waved his hand and said, "Eat less even if it's delicious. Girl, the coldness in your body has not been completely dispelled. It's not good to eat too much of these cold things."
Sangsang gently agreed and carefully picked out the strawberry pieces from the smoothie.
The Headmaster of the Academy seemed to remember Ning Que's existence at this time and asked, "What did you just say?"
Ning Que said respectfully, "The Tao Addict came to Chang 'an and is now at my home. I don't know what happened in the West-Hill Divine Palace that forced her to leave Peach Mountain."
Second Brother said indifferently, "Even the Divine Priest of Light could leave West-Hill. It's not hard to imagine that Ye Hongyu was forced to leave West-Hill."
Ning Que said, "But the West-Hill will definitely know that she came to Chang 'an. What if they want her?"
Second Brother frowned slightly and said unhappily, "The West-Hill once asked for your Sangsang. Did you give her to you?"
Ning Que said, "That's different. Ye Hongyu is not my family."
At this moment, Eldest Brother said with a gentle smile, "Since the Tao Addict … is also in Chang 'an … why not let her become a disciple … like Xiaotang?"
The Headmaster of the Academy laughed and said, "I heard that the little girl is good. Ask her if she is willing to learn from me."
Ning Que was stunned. He did not expect that the Headmaster would propose such an idea so casually.
He thought of Chen Pipi's story and the time when Prince Long Qing came to the Second floor to take the exam as promised. He could not help but speculate that the teacher's greatest hobby in this life was to make all the genius disciples of Haotian Taoism his own students. What kind of hobby was that?
Of course, Ning Que did not want Ye Hongyu to enter the Academy. But since it was the Headmaster's idea, he had no right to make any suggestions as a student.
Suddenly, he thought of the Headmaster of the Academy talking about the cold air in Sangsang's body. He suddenly realized that he had not been able to cure Sangsang's old illness all these years and had forgotten that there was such an immortal in the back of the mountain of the Academy.
"Headmaster, can Sangsang's old illness be cured?"
The Headmaster of the Academy looked at Sangsang who was concentrating on picking strawberries and sighed. He said, "The cold air in this girl's body is congenital and caused by the extremely cold rain. She has suffered a lot these years. Even the best doctor in the world can do nothing about it."
Ning Que thought that Sangsang's illness had decreased a lot in the past two years. Wasn't it self-healing? He could not help but panic and said, "Headmaster, you can't just stand by and do nothing!"
The Headmaster of the Academy said, "I don't need to do anything about it."
Ning Que did not expect the Headmaster of the Academy to be so heartless. He suddenly became angry and said, "If you don't do anything, I will … I will … I will drop out of the school!"
In his anger, he was still rational. Ning Que could not think of any way to force the Headmaster of the Academy, who was admired by the whole world, other than dropping out of the school.
The Headmaster of the Academy was even angrier when he heard this. He scolded, "Stupid guy, don't say that you are my student in the future! Haotian's Divine Light is the brightest and warmest thing in the world. Since this girl has learned the Divine Skill from Wei Guangming, why would she need to worry about the cold air in her body? Why would she need me to do anything? "
Ning Que suddenly felt relaxed and a little angry. He said, "Then why don't you just say it? Why do you have to say so much nonsense to tease me? Teasing people will kill you! "
The Headmaster of the Academy was so angry that his beard flew in the air. He said, "How dare you refute me! I have lived dozens of years like you. Even if we don't care about seniority, don't you know how to respect your elders … "
Second Brother was a serious and polite person. His expression had long become extremely ugly when he saw the Headmaster and his disciple verbally fighting each other. However, it was obvious that the Headmaster enjoyed this kind of quarrel, so he could only keep his mouth shut and stare at Ning Que coldly with a murderous look.
Eldest Brother could not stand it anymore. He shook his head helplessly and interrupted the topic. He looked at Ning Que and said, "Youngest Brother, I heard that you bought a big house in Chang 'an."
"Yes," Ning Que replied.
Eldest Brother did not say anything more. He lowered his head to eat the strawberries and sipped the ice.
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In the parlor of the house by the Yanming Lake, Ye Hongyu held a wooden comb and combed her hair expressionlessly. Her green Taoist robe was still drying. She was now wearing a very ordinary summer dress of a Tang woman. Her beautiful black hair cascaded over her right shoulder. She looked much more gentle and amiable than before.
Ning Que looked at her and said, "If you refuse, I can understand."
Ye Hongyu stopped combing her hair and looked at him with slight mockery. She said, "I can understand why you want me to refuse. If I enter the Second floor of the Academy, how can you be proud of yourself?"
Ning Que said, "Whatever you think."
Ye Hongyu said, "To be a student of the Headmaster of the Academy is the biggest dream of every cultivator. It is the biggest temptation. I am no exception."
Ning Que felt very regretful and sighed in his heart.
Ye Hongyu looked at the wooden comb in her hand quietly and said, "But unfortunately, I can only refuse."
Ning Que laughed happily and said, "I am also very regretful … Do you know why?"
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(Because it is the 250th chapter, I deliberately wrote this chapter as if it was 250. The chapter title is also very silly. I like it very much. The main thing is that I increasingly feel that this world is too noisy and stupid. So I should be more happy in the story. I wish everyone a happy weekend. See you tomorrow.) (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to Qidian.Com to vote for me. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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